Tuesday, May 13, 2014

13 May - Blogs I'm Following

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No Oversight for Pennsylvania's Billion Dollar a Year Charter Industry

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 minutes ago
*While the profiteers and privatizers threaten, demean, and berate students and teachers for more accountability, the Vampire Squid unleashed by billionaires has its blood funnel deep into the public jugular of Philadelphia. * *As public schools re-use copy paper and shutter libraries and fire counselors, the billionaires and hedge funders walk away with state government and handsome profits. When will the fascist Governor Corbett fire this auditor, who has the audacity to report on the rape and pillage going on in Pennsylvania at the expense of our most vulnerable children?* *MA... more »

Late retraction of KGB statement does not justify adverse inference

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 minutes ago
R. v. Kelly, 2014 ONCA 380: [11] Ordinarily accuseds have no obligation to disclose their defence. This principle has exceptions that would justify the drawing of an adverse inference for late disclosure. The requirement for the timely disclosure of an alibi defence is one such exception. However, no exception applies to this case, and thus the trial judge erred in law in drawing an adverse inference.

Syria: Lakhdar Brahimini resigns. Chemical weapons reporting spreads

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 minutes ago
I know everyone is caught up with Ukraine... it’s understandable, yet the situation in Syria is still in flux. In play, so to speak and I simply can’t forget about Syria. More news surrounding the continuing NATO destabilization of Syria It should not come as a surprise that UN Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has resigned! Brahimi is due to brief the United Nations Security Council later on Tuesday. "It's not very pleasant for me. It's very sad that I leave this position and leave Syria behind in such a bad state," Brahimi told reporters after Ban made the announcement. Ban said he... more »

Syria mediator Lakdar Brahimi resigns

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 29 minutes ago
Lakhdar Brahimi's resignation from his post as UN Special Envoy to Syria will be effective on May 31st. Syria will hold a *"presidential election"*on June 3. Video Title: Syria mediator Lakdar Brahimi resigns. Source: Reuters. Date Published: May 13, 2014. Description: Lakhdar Brahimi says it is "very sad" to be leaving "Syria behind in such a bad state" as he announces he is stepping down from his position as International Syria mediator. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

MAINE JOINS ARCTIC ARMS RACE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 33 minutes ago
I was recently sent an email alerting me to a conference at the University of Maine that appears to be about dragging us into another one of the oil-i-garchy's latest chaos zones. I inquired about attending but was told it was "sold out". Here is a bit from the invite: The University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs and the Maine Army National Guard will co-host a conference May 20 to 21 to explore challenges and emerging opportunities in the Arctic. The free conference, "Leadership in the High North: A Political, Military, Economic and Environmental Symposi... more »

Deep Breath...

Southern Man at Southern Man - 44 minutes ago
Southern Man needs to take a deep, deep breath, because a lot is about to happen... This is the last week of school: lots of final exams and viewing of projects and grading and ending with graduation Friday night in a large convention center downtown. We'll have 1700 or so march across the state. Then Saturday morning Southern Man parks at the airport and heads for Spain for two weeks of geocaching. Well, the group he's with has an agenda as well but who cares about what *they* want. He already has a bag full of "travel bugs" given to him at Saturday's geocaching luncheon to take ... more »

The Cost of Regulation

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 48 minutes ago
*Guest post by John H. Cochrane* Gordon Crovitz has a nice piece in the *Wall Street Journal*, Monday May 5, titled “The end of the permissionless web” which sparks several thoughts. What has made the Internet revolutionary is that it’s permissionless. No one had to get approval from Washington or city hall to offer Google searches, Facebook profiles or Apple apps, as Adam Thierer of George Mason University notes in his new book, *Permissionless Innovation*. [Available free and ungated here. - JC] The central fault line in technology policy debates today can be thought of a... more »

A Pall of Shame on America as Neocon Cookie Crumbles in Ukraine

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 hour ago
You just had to know that the neocons weren't going to go quietly into the good night after Sunday's overwhelming vote in East Ukraine. Anti-fascist, anti-austerity citizens turned out in droves to send a message to the illegitimately installed puppet regime in Kiev that rule by foreign backed fascist and neo-Nazi goons is unacceptable. What was truly remarkable as well as being the utmost of irony is that the professional *regime changers* - whose enduring presence within the domestic corridors of power have eaten away at the very foundations of American democracy like a colony of... more »

Will Compton, Carson Voters Send A Progressive Reformer To Sacramento-- Or Another Transactional Political Entrepreneur?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
If you've been following the narrative here at *DWT*, you're aware that Blue America has endorsed our old friend, Compton School Board president Micah Ali for the open 64th Assembly district that covers Compton, Carson and Willowbrook. [You can contribute to his campaign here on our page for state legislative candidates we think have the potential to become national leaders.] Micah has a tough primary on June 3, less than a month away, and he's up against 3 opponents. Micah has a coherent vision for his community, one he's been working on for many years. His opponents' visions are... more »

Thorne Dreyer : A tribute to Maggie, my mother

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
‘Maggie’s absolute freedom, her hospitality, big floppy hats and committed heart put the art scene in Houston on the side of human rights and general soul.’ — Mimi Crossley, Houston Post By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | May … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : A tribute to Maggie, my mother

Labour's Poll Setback

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 1 hour ago
Political people are a fragile lot. It doesn't take much for herds of us to start quaffing at the Last Chance Saloon. Two polls - admittedly "gold standard" polls - place Labour two points behind the Conservatives. Not ideal at all, far from it. Then one of the them, the ICM poll for the *Graun*, puts Labour trailing UKIP AND the Tories in next week's European elections. Not the music of an election victory party echoing from the future to the present. Naturally, two swallows don't a summer make but the excellent reputations ICM and Lord Ashcroft have, *and* these results' congruen... more »

Facebook Meet

Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 hour ago
One of Southern Man's "Facebook Friends" - someone he had never met but was a mutual friend of several of Southern Man's groupies - arranged a meet-up in a local park... for her Facebook friends. Many of us had never met face-to-face. The deeply reserved Southern Man struggles with social situations at the best of times and one where he knew *no one at all* was a challenge, to say the least. These people sure know how to party! I was told there would be no photographs... Relaxing in the shade. Serve's up! I got it, I got it!

Geocaching Luncheon

Southern Man at Southern Man - 2 hours ago
Some of the local geocachers meet for lunch and games and good times once a month. Today's lunch was in the "Bricktown" area of Southern City. A merry gathering. Cachers "Gilo" and "Prairie Gypsy" (our hostess). Let's eat! These two cache as the "Elk Street Angels." The "Gators," a much loved couple in the local caching community. We love caching! The younger members of teams "Fun2BLost" and "Prairie Gypsies." They once cached as "Mustaing Jen" and "Team Tendy" but are now engaged and are now "The Cache Shoes." Yes, we're a little silly about our caching names. The Queens ... more »

Putting "the government" in the frame

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 2 hours ago
I see tonight that both the *Guardian* ("ICC to examine claims of British war crimes in Iraq") and the BBC News website ("Court to probe UK Iraq abuse claims") are leading with the news that a group of left-wing lawyers has persuaded the International Criminal Court to begin preliminary investigation into claims that UK forces abused Iraqi detainees between 2003 and 2008. In contrast to the BBC-*Guardian*'s sense of new priorities, however, the Sky News website places that particular story way down its running order (I count it as being in 15th place), the ITV News website is lead... more »

Dispatches from Neonazistan and Everybody’s Got Afghanistan Wrong

As a change of pace (at a time when friends like Darkblack, Plutocrap, Shouting Into the Abyss and Barking Rabbits have gone totally black), I would like to point your attention to Dissident Voice, with my buddy Rehctaw up first (Watcher, backwards). We are living a rare combo platter of unfettered greed, unhinged thinking, untethered policy and a guidance structure that is exceedingly

Encounter in Rendlesham Forest - A Review

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 2 hours ago
In December 1980, there were a series of sightings of lights in the Rendlesham Forest near two USAF airbases located in England. American personnel assigned to those bases, RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge sighted strange lights and requested permission to investigate. Now Nick Pope, with John Burroughs and Jim Penniston have written a book, *Encounter in Rendlesham* *Forest*, dealing with their inside knowledge of the workings of the British UFO desk in the Ministry of Defence and their service with the Air Force during those sightings. We get the perspective of the sightings fro... more »

Did Susan Rice say something wrong?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014* *The work of the three blind mice:* Did Susan Rice say something wrong when she did those Sunday shows and discussed the attack on Benghazi? We would say that she did not, and we’d say it loudly. Good luck getting major career journalists to state such an unapproved point! Rice did make one factual error that day. After saying, about three hundred times, that her information was provisional, she said a demonstration had been occurring in Benghazi before “extremists armed with heavy weapons” arrived at the scene and “hijacked events.” By now, everyone agrees ... more »

With Limbaugh and Coulter, who needs Satan?

Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago
By Capt. Fogg Think the insanity in America isn't getting worse: angrier, more obtuse, more vicious and increasingly bought and paid for by people who admire Vladimir Putin and wish, like Fox News has so often said, we could have a leader like him? Think again. There is no bottom. There is no fact so irrefutable, no cause so decent that the Republicans can't defame it or deny it. I'm not going to waste any more time pointing out the lies about science and history and law that drown out the very processes of justice and government -- that inflame unstable people to violence, that... more »

A silly contest involving a TBBT video

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 3 hours ago
This is a video from an episode of The Big Bang Theory, one about the visit to the Large Hadron Collider on the Valentine's Day. One may see a real-world famous physicist in a big chunk of this video. When I say "famous", I mean "famous" from the media as well as having over 20,000 citations according to SPIRES. Your task is to find out the name of the physicist. But you're not allowed to write the name in the comments. Instead, go to Google Scholar and write down the query "firstname lastname" [including the quotes] of the physicist you determined. You will get a list of pa... more »

One-Pot Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup with Katelyn from Ambroisa & Nectar

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 3 hours ago
*Today I have Katelyn from Ambrosia &Nectar sharing her One-Pot Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup. Check out Katelyn's blog where you can find her Chocolate Orange Truffle Cake and Creamy White Chili and lots of fantastic recipes. Make sure to leave her some comment love! * Hi, hello! I'm Katelyn Heiner, over at Ambrosia & Nectar, where I blog about my cooking exploits in the kitchen. Well, the successful ones anyway... The failures I just keep to myself. :) By way of a quick introduction, I currently live in northern Utah, in a teeny little apartment that my husband affectionately calls ... more »

Solving Tuscaloosa: Hannah-Jones speaks!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014* *About her trip to the South:* This morning, we motored over to Morgan State to do The Marc Steiner Show. Long ago, we sat around watching Colts’ games with Marc. (We refer to the *Baltimore* Colts.) Today, he runs the nation’s Most Valuable Radio Program, according to The Nation. After the program, we discussed the racial balance, or lack of same, in the nine public high schools of Tuscaloosa City and County. (Tuscaloosa City runs three of the nine high schools. For enrollment figures, see our earlier post.) Baltimore City and County’s racial balance is w... more »

Full Gospel Christian Jihadis

Paul Coker at News Spike - 4 hours ago
June 24, 2009 Hon. Dr. Robert M. Gates Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 Secretary Gates, It has recently come to the attention of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) that an ecclesiastical endorsing agency authorized by the DoD to approve chaplains for military service has continually been in flagrant violation of a number of DoD regulations, the U.S. Code, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the United States Constitution for well over a decade. 1. The Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches (CFGC), headed by retired Army Col... more »

In a better country, we would have had the torches and pitchforks out a long time ago

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 4 hours ago
Saskboy hepped me to the existence of this Analysis of Mr. Yves Cote's cover-up of stephen harper's election fraud, by Steven Shrybman. (Shrybman was the lawyer for the Council of Canadians' effort to overturn six election results due to electoral irregularities.) Now, it's pretty clear that the harpercon scum violated our election laws thousands of times, and drove a stake through the integrity of our entire political system. This analysis makes that very clear. Would I be able to stand in front of the Supreme Court and argue this 100%? No. I can't anticipate every crazy, desperate... more »

No Child Left Behind Documentary

freetoteach at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
This film was produced by Lerone Wilson on a shoestring budget - too bad, it's taken more than 10 years for the rest of the nation to catch on. So much damage has been done because of high stakes standardized testing. Only two students this week at my school threatened to commit suicide. Could it be related to the NJ Ask Test? Perhaps someone should "ask" those students.

Crisis In Ukraine: Bashing Real Democracy!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 5 hours ago
I stated clearly in my rant last weekend exactly what I saw was going on in Ukraine... I have seen no evidence at all that shows anything on the contrary, therefore I am sticking to my assertions.... The facts are clear that the Ukraine was illegally seized in a US led coup, and since that coup of March, the country has become an unmitigated disaster... In fact things are so bad for the Ukrainian people that many have legally and rightfully sought referendums to get the hell out of that failing nation and join the Russian Federation. Just this last weekend in fact, two more regions ... more »

How Did The Russian Workers' Paradise Suddenly Wind Up WIth So Many Billionaires?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
A few days ago, the History Channel, debuted a much-anticipated episode in it's *Book of Secrets* series, "The Billionaire Agenda." I wish I could share it with you but History 2 isn't into sharing, as you can see above. Early in the program, though, there was a chart showing that the U.S. has the most billionaires, followed by China and then Russia. They reported that there are 111 Russian billionaires, although other sources have the number as high as 133. That was fast! If I remember correctly, Gorbachev ushered in *perestroika* in 1987, less than 39 years ago, making it possi... more »

Mike's Story Part 20 - Snafu

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 5 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* To Mike 10-20-2006: * ...be careful of email trails. a few days ago a sequence got forwarded to X in one email of which u said he was 'full of excuses...' * *[And, since Mike was no longer sure whom he could trust among the FTW staff]...remember that it's possible to set up a blog in the name of mike ruppert2 any time for free.* Email to Mike 10-22-2006: *after the conference call, it occurred to me that even if [the webmaster] were fired, xxx could replace him with, say, her best friend's niece and you'd have the same problem of sabotage again. so the ... more »

Ruling Class Racketeers

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 6 hours ago
This is rich: (*Reuters*:) U.S. Health Secretary-nominee Sylvia Mathews Burwell sought to allay a major Republican worry about Obamacare on Thursday, telling lawmakers that President Barack Obama's reforms would not lead to a government-run single-payer healthcare system on her watch. Her assurance against an approach reviled by Republicans and industry leaders came during a two-hour Senate confirmation hearing at which Burwell received an important endorsement from Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina. Burr sits on the Senate Finance Committee, which will decide wheth... more »

Responding to Joanne Jacobs on Her KIPP "Character" Defense

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 6 hours ago
Joanne Jacobs applies her own distinct brand of mild mommish corporate apologia to defend against the insightful essay last week by Jeff Snyder on KIPP's "value-free" character indoctrination program developed by Dr. Martin Seligman and Dave Levin. In fact, Joanne would be entirely on board if Dave and Marty would add "citizenship" to grit, zest, self-control, optimism, gratitude, social intelligence, and curiosity. I post this response at Joanne's blog: I wish I could be as sanguine as Joanne about the behavioral brutality inside the KIPPs and the segregated knock-offs they have... more »

Terrorizando el publico

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 6 hours ago
Una justificación principal para la vigilancia - que es en beneficio de la población - se basa en la proyección de una visión del mundo que divide a los ciudadanos en categorías de gente buena y gente mala . En ese punto de vista , las autoridades usar sus poderes de vigilancia sólo contra los malos , los que están " haciendo algo mal " , y sólo ellos tienen algo que temer de la invasión de su privacidad. Esta es una vieja táctica . En un artículo de 1969 de la revista Time acerca de la creciente preocupación de los estadounidenses sobre los poderes de vigilancia del gobierno de EE... more »

WHERE DID PRIVILEGE COME FROM: Advantages and pitfalls!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014* *Part 2—Genesis of a term:* In its entry on “White privilege,” the world’s leading authority on the topic offers an interesting account of the concept, and a history of the term’s origins. In a section called “History of the concept,” the authority seems to trace the term “white skin privilege” to the work of Theodore W. Allen, starting in 1965. We can’t tell you if this account is correct, but here you see the quick thumbnail sketch: *In 1965, ...inspired by the Civil Rights movement, Theodore W. Allen began a forty-year analysis of “white skin privilege,”... more »

THE LEGACY OF THE VIETNAM WAR

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
The use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War continues to cast a dark shadow over both American veterans and the Vietnamese.

Saab launches five new radars for total air domain awareness

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 8 hours ago
[image: Sea Giraffe 3D radar]Defence and security company Saab extends its surface radar portfolio, with the introduction of five all-new complementary Giraffe radars for land and sea. This strengthens the current product offering but also takes the Giraffe firmly into the long-range air surveillance domain and puts an entirely new capability onto the market. Saab’s combat-proven and highly-regarded surface radar portfolio, including the renowned Giraffe AMB and Arthur radars, has been improved and expanded through the addition of new technologies and designs. Read more

MOURNING IN AMERICA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
*Mourning Time* It's mourning time in America the sun is up hotter life imperiled Indians said white man is blinded by his love for the green frog skin, dollar bill, can't see his connection to nature to all life watch out for the white man he is crazy Once years ago I saw a bank named Freedom and finally realized what the oligarchy meant when they used the word Much of the world understands this about America the myth about democracy really means we bring freedom for Mr. Big to dominate the rest of the planet I'm mourning here in America for our lost souls and for those we bring... more »

More Reports Of Insurgent In-Fighting

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 8 hours ago
April and May 2014 have brought forth more reports of fighting between insurgent groups in Iraq. The main armed factions involved are the Islamist Ansar al-Sunna and the Baathist Naqshibandi against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). According to the press these clashes have taken place in Diyala and Kirkuk where there have been similar incidents over the last year. The main points of dispute appear to be over ideology, tactics, and the attempt by ISIS to dominate other armed factions. Kirkuk province has seen armed clashes between Ansar al-Sunna and ISIS in recent... more »

Zbigniew Brzezinski-Between Two Ages- America's Role in the Technotronic Era

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 8 hours ago
**Between Two Ages:America's role in the Technotronic Age- Book** If you haven't read it, you may want to. Published around 1970. So, more then 40 years ago? And yet so timely. Besides the pdf , you may find this piece from 2004 very appropriate for this present day. Thinking of the US moves on Ukraine, of course. The outrageous strategy to destroy Russia- Excerpted from quite a large article In 1970, Brzezinski also proposed new ideas in his new book Between two Ages *(pdf link above)* where he explained that the moment to balance world power had arrived and it had to be in th... more »

Syria: Israel should punish Assad & HRW is pushing the chemical weapon meme

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 8 hours ago
First news: Israel should punish Assad for killing civilians- Can you believe that headline? Israel as a moral authority? Hilarious? Absolutely! Yet that is what they are suggesting. Of course punishing Assad is an absurdity- You know that this is really spin for a mass bombing campaign to punish Syrians for resisting the NATO rebels and continuing to live their lives as best they can. Coincidentally or not- HRW is suggesting or implying that the Syrian gov used chemical weapons.. *First: Israel as a moral authority* Moral considerations for military intervention should be weighed ... more »

Bill Whittle: Whatever happened to a loyal opposition?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 8 hours ago
* McConnell and Boehner must go.*

Yes, There's A Democratic Primary In Georgia… And There's An Actual Democrat Running Against Nunn's Daughter

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
Democrat Steen Miles on the left; Sam Nunn's daughter on the right, of course Professional Democrats are very excited. Sam Nunn's daughter-- who is running for the open Georgia Senate seat on the Democratic Party line-- is doing well in the polls. Not only does she absolutely thrash each of the far right-wing extremist congressmen in the race-- GOP sociopaths Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston-- she also beats anti-Choice fanatic Karen Handel and the guy with the familiar name no one knows, David Perdue, who is leading the Republican primary pack. Time to celebrate? Not so fa... more »

They Were -- And Are -- Expendable

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 9 hours ago
Last week's Day Of Honour, we were told, was about Canada's veterans.The vets know better. The day was about Stephen Harper. Michael Harris writes: If you want the quintessential Stephen Harper, look no further than last week’s National Day of Honour. Everyone knew it was the Governor General’s job to accept the last Canadian flag that flew in Afghanistan, but hey, why give up the money shot to a mere functionary? So the PM snagged the flag — and then handed it off to the hapless David Johnston, former Commander-in-Chief of Canada. Mr. Harper suffers from what Harris calls PRD -... more »

Untitled

jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 9 hours ago
*How Far School Choice Policies Have Come in Two Decades* It’s amazing how far school choice options have come in a little more than two decades. From Milwaukee’s first-in-the-nation school voucher option in 1990 and the first charter school opening its doors in Minnesota in 1992, parental choice in education has advanced considerably, and innovation in school choice policy has taken shape in ways that were inconceivable in those early years. Today, 39 private school choice programs operate in 18 states and Washington, D.C. The past three years in particular have produced some of t... more »

Smear Machine to Be Unleashed on Greenwald

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 10 hours ago
Tuesday marks the release date of the long-awaited book by Polk Award winning journalist Glenn Greenwald on the NSA and the Edward Snowden leaks. No Place to Hide officially came out today and contains additional revelations on the unconstitutional exploits of the American Stasi at Ft. Meade as well as the suffocating surveillance state that we all must live under in *The Homeland* of the 21st Century. While I have yet to read the book - I have it on order - early accounts report that in addition to the Snowden story that there will also be material included on the NSA intercepting... more »

Agri Econ 12: Presentation at WASWAC-BSWM Seminar

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 10 hours ago
Part-time agro-forestry farming has been my hobby since 1992 (22 years ago) when I started visiting the farm owned by the family of my deceased friend, Mil Millora. Here's my farming blog, http://sustaindevelopment.blogspot.com/ I believe that private property rights recognition and protection is a key program to encourage the dual goal of nature conservation and resource production. The "tragedy of the commons" is too glaring and too visible in many parts of public forest land in the country. Which explains why many public or government "forest lands" are devoid of meaningful forest... more »

Ukraine Situation May 13 , 2014 -- Examining the after action ( post - referendum ) and what happens next - items from Russia Today , Itar Tass and Anti War .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Anti - War.... US Won’t Recognize Sunday Ukraine ReferendumInsists Vote Was 'Illegal' as Interim Govt Vows to Arrest Organizers by Jason Ditz, May 12, 2014 Print This | Share This The White House has announced today that it will never recognize the results of yesterday’s referendum in eastern Ukraine, which endorsed the People’s Republic of Donetsk protest movement. They insist they consider the vote “illegal” and that the US is “disappointed” that Russia did not forcibly stop the vote after the organizers rejected calls to delay it indefinitely The Ukraine interim government, which ... more »

March Against Monsanto - 24 May 2014 In A City Near You

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago
 Source: *Occupy Monsanto Homepage* On Saturday, May 24, 2014, March Against Monsanto in your community! Below is a spreadsheet export made on April 24, 2014 that lists all of the upcoming marches with Facebook Event invites. For the latest spreadsheet of planned marches, check out the official listing on the March Against Monsanto website.. *Country**State/Province**City**Facebook Event; RSVP* Australia New South Wales Newcastle http://on.fb.me/R2DDtXAustraliaNew South WalesSydneyhttp://on.fb.me/1aqxcp8 AustraliaQueenslandBrisbanehttp://on.fb.me/MJOrugAustraliaSouth Australia Adelai... more »

War Watch May 13 , 2014 -- Taliban starts their annual Spring Offensive ( Presidents may come and go but the Taliban remains. ) ....... Iraq death dealing continues unabated as Iraq attempts to maintain the appearance of control even as jihadists turn parts of Anbar Province of Iraq and adjoining Syria into a ISIS no man's land ...... Iran nuclear talks continue ( can the US decide what it actually wants to accomplish - a resolution or war with Iran too ? Syria updates on the war with insurgetns / freedom fighters / mercenaries /jihadists rolls on , the in- fighting between various opposition groups displacing the fighting against Syria's Government it appears at times !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Afghanistan.... Taliban Attacks Hit Afghanistan Is ‘Spring Offensive’ Begins10 Killed in Jalalabad Attack by Jason Ditz, May 12, 2014 Print This | Share This The Taliban announced the beginning of their “Spring offensive” last week, and it began in earnest today, with a major attack in the city of Jalalabad leaving at least 10 people dead, and other attacks reportedly on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban statement said this year’s offensive would focus on foreigners in the country as well as the Afghan government and its employees. The Jalalabad attack targeted a Justice Ministry ... more »

Mohammed Ibn Laith, "What Will We Talk About Today, You and I?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*A Comment: *Long time readers know there is zero tolerance for racism and bigotry here. This article contains the vile "N" word, which you will never see here again, expressed repeatedly by the articles author. In their book "Cobra II," Michael R. Gordon and Gen. Bernard E. Trainor offer this ugly comment from a senior officer of the US Army's 4th Infantry Division: "The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I'm about to introduce them to it." While not admitted publicly, that term is widely used within the American military, along with "ragheads", "jihadis" and oth... more »

Free Download: Orison Swett Marden, "An Iron Will"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"An Iron Will" by Orison Swett Marden "Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924) was an American writer associated with the New Thought Movement. He also held a degree in medicine, and was a successful hotel owner. Marden was born in Thornton Gore, New Hampshire to Lewis and Martha Marden. When he was three years old, his mother died at the age of 22, leaving Orison and his two sisters in the care of their father, a farmer, hunter, and trapper. When Orison was seven years old, his father died from injuries incurred while in the wood, and the children were shuttled from one guardian to anoth... more »

"Life Is The Hyphen..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit." ~A.W. and J.C. Hare, "Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers," 1827

"Twilight of the Psychopaths"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"Twilight of the Psychopaths"* by Dr. Kevin Barrett "Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon When Gandhi was asked his opinion of Western civilization he said it would be a good idea. But that oft-cited quote is misleading, assuming as it does that civilization is an unmitigated blessing. Civilized people, we are told, live peacefully and cooperatively with their fellows, sharing the necessary la... more »

The Poet: David Whyte, “The Sea”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*“The Sea”* “The pull is so strong we will not believe the drawing tide is meant for us, I mean the gift, the sea, the place where all the rivers meet. Easy to forget, how the great receiving depth untamed by what we need needs only what will flow its way. Easy to feel so far away and the body so old it might not even stand the touch. But what would that be like feeling the tide rise out of the numbness inside toward the place to which we go washing over our worries of money, the illusion of being ahead, the grief of being behind, our limbs young rising from such a depth? What would t... more »

"What Can We Know?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"We All Stumble..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” - Emily Kimbrough

Nigel Farage and Enoch Powell

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
There's an interesting part of the following video when Raymond Bennett joint national Secretary of Unite Against Fascism (sic) says (6:25) that 'Nigel Farage says that Enoch Powell is his hero'. Incidentally just before that (6:05) watch Raymond Bennett's reaction when he's asked about the non-white members of UKIP. I think it might be his floundering over that question that makes him make his claim re Nigel Farage and Enoch Powell. Here's the full Daily Politics interview. Has Nigel Farage ever said that Enoch Powell is his hero? I can't find such a comment, all I did find was... more »

Swiss artist - creator of Alien xenomorph - Hans Rudi Giger R.I.P.

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 12 hours ago
according to SWISS INFO, Hans Rudi Giger, the fantastic and haunted Swiss artist responsible for the the Derelict spaceship, Egg Chamber, Xenomorph, Egg, Facehugger, Space Jockey (in Ridley Scott's Alien) and hundreds of other works of projects, paintings and scupture, has died, aged 74, from injuries sustained in a fall. *The renowned Swiss artist H.R. Giger has died at the age of 74, as a result of injuries sustained in a fall. Giger, who passed away in a Zurich hospital, was most famous for the alien monster he created for the movie of the same name.* The news item goes on to e... more »

Health Cares Biggest Myths

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago
[image: Foto: Does health come from vaccine needles and pharmaceutical pills?] Source: *Living With Common Sense Facebook*

The Wolfowitz Doctrine

Paul Coker at News Spike - 13 hours ago
*"...a call for 21st century American imperialism that no other nation can or should accept."* * - Senator Ted Kennedy, 1992* *"Our first objective is to prevent the re-emergence of a new rival, either on the territory of the former Soviet Union or elsewhere, that poses a threat on the order of that posed formerly by the Soviet Union. This is a dominant consideration underlying the new regional defense strategy and requires that we endeavor to prevent any hostile power from dominating a region whose resources would, under consolidated control, be sufficient to generate glo... more »

Beware: The #1 Cause of Acute Liver Damage Is In Common Cold Remedies by Paul Fassa

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago
Beware: The #1 Cause of Acute Liver Damage is in Common Cold Remedies by Paul Fassa Natural Society, 13 May 2014 The number one cause of acute liver failure in America is a common fever and cold relief ingredient. Acute liver failure is a one way ticket to the great beyond, while liver damage or stress among those who don’t suffer acute liver failure is the source of much of our poor health and chronic disease. Over-the-counter pharmaceuticals Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil, Theraflu, and prescription painkillers Vicoden and Percocet all contain *acetaminophen*. This ingredient has... more »

US says French warships to Russia 'unhelpful'

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 14 hours ago
[image: RS Vladivostok]The US has criticised France for planning to deliver two warships to Russia despite its actions in Ukraine. State department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told press in Washington on Monday (12 May) "we have expressed our concerns to the French government over the sale. We'll continue to do so". "Obviously, as you know, there are sanctions that have been put in place. I'd have to specifically check here to see if there's a legal question or if this is just a question of whether we find this to be unhelpful." Read more

Venezuela Tests Russian Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 14 hours ago
[image: Grad MRLS]Venezuela has conducted successful tests of Russian Grad and Smerch multiple rocket launchers, Operational Strategic Commander in Chief, General Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Tuesday. Venezuelan TV channel Globovision reported that the tests were carried out at a facility in the country’s southwestern state of Apure. “These are high technologies weapons systems,” Lopez said, adding that the tested weapons are capable of destroying any target. Igor Korotchenko, a leading Russian military expert, earlier told RIA Novosti Venezuela would become Russia’s second-largest a... more »

The multi-talented Boris Johnson

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
Coolness personified shooting a basket... A redoubtable rugby tackler The fact that it was on a football pitch is irrelevant! A good humorous speech maker An expert in whiff whaff And willing to say what he thinks about hecklers...

9/11 and Global Thermonuclear Escalation

Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago
Of the *46* (known) Drills of 9/11, *5* of them were *directly* concerned with *thermonuclear war-fighting *(against Russia), and/or *Continuity of Government in the event of nuclear war.* Scowcroft, Warren Buffet and others were all flown (in a pre-arranged exercise) to the Strategic nuclear command bunker at Olfutt AFB, where Bush went later in the day, after Barksdale, to take physical posession of the nuclear arsenal.

KDB Daruttaqwa joins RBN fleet

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 14 hours ago
[image: KDB Daruttaqwa]The Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) has received the latest addition to its growing fleet, the fourth Darussalam Class Patrol Vessel Daruttaqwa in Germany. A statement issued by the Ministry of Defence (MinDef) yesterday noted that a ceremony was held at the Leurssen Wharf in Lemwerder, Germany, last Friday which saw the signing of the ship’s delivery and acceptance certificate. The certificate was inked by the Managing Director of Fr Luerssen Werft (FLW), Peter Luerssen, and the Permanent Secretary of Administration and Finance at MinDef, Datin Paduka Hjh Suriyah Hj... more »

IRGC Displays New Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 14 hours ago
[image: Hormuz 1 missile]In an exhibition held on Sunday and attended by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the IRGC put on display the most recent defensive achievements, including two types of Hormuz anti-ship ballistic missiles. The Hormuz is said to be the upgraded version of a domestically-made anti-ship missile the IRGC had manufactured earlier, dubbed the Persian Gulf. According to the IRGC lieutenant commander, the Hormuz 1 and 2 are among the “most important and most unique” missiles manufactured by the Iranian local experts. Read more

Ukraine Dilemma: U.S. Can't Prevent Russian Expansion Without Better Missile Defenses

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 14 hours ago
[image: SS-27 Topol M]Vladimir Putin has called Washington’s bluff, and as a result the U.S. is headed for a major loss of influence in Europe. Having watched the Obama Administration carefully avoid new involvement in overseas military contingencies for six years, Putin has figured out that he is a lot more willing to fight for the territories on his borders than NATO is, so he is going to keep up the pressure on former Soviet territories where sizable Russian minorities exist. These are not the acts of a madman; he has accurately assessed Western resolve, and knows he can prevai... more »

Exelis to provide special-purpose radio frequency (RF) technology for fighter aircraft

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 14 hours ago
[image: F-16 Fighting Falcon]Exelis recently received a follow-on contract valued at $8.4 million from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas, to supply Continuous Wave Illuminator (CWI) subsystems for F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The Exelis CWI subsystem is a special-purpose transmitter that works with the F-16’s fire control radar and mission computer to provide guidance for semi-active missiles. Using radio frequency energy, the system illuminates airborne targets to increase accuracy and ensure the missile finds its intended target. Read more

Air Force Mirage jet crashes in French countryside

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 14 hours ago
[image: Mirage 2000C]Fortunately no one was hurt when a Mirage 2000 jet belonging to the French Air Force crashed in a field in northeastern France Monday. The pilot apparently managed to parachute to safety. It is still not clear what caused the fighter jet to crash near the small village of Baroches (Meurthe-et-Moselle). Read more

Strike Fighter scientists among casualties of deep Defence cuts

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
[image: F-35 Lightning II]Nearly 40 of Australia's top military scientists and engineers are to be thrown on the scrapheap as the Defence Science and Technology Organisation cuts costs. The jobs cull is expected to cut from six scientists to just two the DSTO's technical team for the $24 billion Joint Strike Fighter, the nation's largest ever defence purchase. The Australian Maritime Warfare Centre, based at Sydney's Garden Island, is slashing a third of its staff of civilian engineers and technicians, from 48 public servants to 31. Read more

UK troops working with US military at base for Yemen drone operations

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
[image: MQ-9 Reaper]British liaison staff are embedded with US forces in the Horn of Africa, the Ministry of Defence has revealed, as concern grows about redeployment of the UK squadron of 10 armed Reaper drones. Although three British officers are based at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti – the US base from which unmanned strikes are launched against al-Qaida groups in Yemen – the MoD denies they are involved in co-ordinating such attacks. Both the human rights organisation Reprieve and the Labour former defence minister Tom Watson have expressed anxiety over British involvement in cove... more »

The New King of High-Sea Helicopters Can Hoist 13 Tons

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
The Sikorsky CH-53 line of heavy-lift helicopters have been dutifully serving the US Marine Corps since the mid-1960s and even the most recent iteration of the venerable Stallion line is about ready to be put out to pasture. But Sikorsky has a new powerhouse waiting in the wings. Sikorsky began the Stallion line back in 1966 with the original Sea Stallion. It was joined by the current-gen Super Stallion in 1981, though the OG Sea Stallion was retired in 2012 so right now the Super is all we've got. However, Sikorsky is not resting on its laurels. The company is currently contract... more »

Coast Guard Embarks on Its Costliest Ship Buying Program

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
[image: USCGS Bertholf]The Coast Guard has one piece remaining in its long effort to modernize its aircraft and ships: the offshore patrol cutter. The Coast Guard’s fifth national security cutter left its construction birth in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in early May and is expected to be delivered to the service next year. That came only months after the Obama administration put in its 2015 budget request money to build the final NSC of the eight-ship fleet. Meanwhile, a shipyard in Louisiana continues to turn out several fast response cutters per year. Read more

The US Is Conducting A Massive Nuclear Arms Drill Days After A Russian Nuclear Exercise

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
[image: B-2 Spirit]U.S. Strategic Command will be conducting a massive “deter and detect” nuclear drill from May 12 to May 16, just four days after a similar Russian exercise. The U.S. drill, known as Exercise Global Lightning 14, is set to include ten B-52s and six B-2 bombers in an attempt to demonstrate U.S. military flexibility and responsiveness. The drill, which is meant to simulate a scenario in which the U.S. would have to protect itself and its allies in the event of a “strategic attack,” is being touted as a chance to incorporate modern technology into U.S. drills. Read ... more »

4 military agreements signed with China

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
[image: Type 035G Ming-class SSK]China has signed four military agreements with Bangladesh to enhance Dhaka’s defence capabilities. They were signed on Monday in presence of visiting General Xu Qiliang, who is the vice-chairman of the central military commission of the Chinese Communist Party. The agreements were signed with the Bangladesh armed forces and with the Bangladesh University of Professionals run by the armed forces. Read more

Pak submarine joins naval drills in Jubail

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
[image: PNS Hamza]The Pakistani Navy submarine Hamza docked at the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Base in Jubail where both navies conducted joint exercises on May 6 and May 11. Following its arrival, several meetings were held on a number of professional matters including the combat capabilities of the two navies. Commander of the Eastern Fleet of the Saudi Royal Navy Rear Admiral Ibrahim Maghloos also visited submarine Hamza in Jubail. Read more

ICEX 2014: Arctic submarine exercise

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
Floating on a chunk of ice in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, United States Navy (USN) and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel learned that Mother Nature doesn’t always accommodate military schedules. From the waterborne “Camp Nautilus”, about 100 kilometres north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, groups of USN and CAF personnel monitored submarine manoeuvering, surfacing, and logistics exercises from Mar. 17-27 during Submarine Laboratory Ice Exercise 2014 (ICEX14). “It was a very surreal experience working out on a huge piece of ice,” says Lt(N) Kristina Gray of Canadian Submarine Force ... more »

Tomorrow’s Stealthy Subs Could Sink America’s Navy

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 15 hours ago
[image: HSwMS Gotland]The U.S. military is relying on sub-hunting tech that’s decades old. Meanwhile, the targets they’re trying to find are getting quieter and more invisible by the day. Submarines are getting quieter, stealthier, and better armed. And that could mean major trouble for the U.S. Navy and its aging fleet of sub-hunters. The tactical balance between the surface warship and the submarine has strategic impact. The submarine is not made for a show of force. Its principal weapon is designed not to damage a ship, but to sink it—rapidly and probably with much loss of life.... more »

How About We All Just Drink to Have a Good Time

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours ago
Auckland Police Superintendent Dickface Wowserbreath is in the paper again this morning arguing “nothing good happens on city streets after 3am,” therefore all drinking after 3am should be banned. By order. Did I say arguing? No, while the word “therefore” is usually expected to accompany, perhaps, just by way of example, a connected series of points intended to establish a position, this bossyboots doesn’t need to bother with argument because he’s the one with the manpower. So simple assertion will do: of his own blowhard opinion that anyone out after 3am must have a problem. Do... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 18 hours ago
*WEST ANTARCTIC ICE MELT* *Global warming is all that the article below talks about by way of explanation but bringing just a touch of extra evidence to bear alters the picture.If warming is causing the glaciers to melt, how come the sea ice is at a record high? Is the land warming while the sea is cooling? If so we are looking at local effects not global ones.And there IS a local warming effect that could be at work. Also in West Antarctica, an active sub-sea volcano has just been discovered. And the discoverers note: "Numerous volcanoes exist in Marie Byrd Land, a high... more »

Bokoo Haram updates regarding abducted and still missing girls May 13 , 2014 ...... US in aerial search for Nigeria schoolgirls US flying "manned" missions over Nigeria to track down more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram, Pentagon says ....... Boko Haram video claims to show missing girls Video obtained by AFP news agency says girls will not be released until all Boko Haram prisoners in Nigeria are freed ....... Items and views of points of note from Nigeria !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
US in aerial search for Nigeria schoolgirls US flying "manned" missions over Nigeria to track down more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram, Pentagon says. Last updated: 13 May 2014 00:58 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau offered to release the girls in exchange for prisoners [Reuters] The United States has been flying "manned" missions over Nigeria to track down more than 200 abducted schoolgirls, the Pentagon said, as experts pored over a n... more »

Generational War: Indoctrinating Children In Israel And Palestine To Kill

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago
An excerpt from, *"Disturbing Photos Show Militarization of Israeli Children"* by Ali Abunimah, Global Research, May 13: Some of these disturbing images of Israeli children being put through military-style training displays at Efrat, an illegal Israeli colony in the occupied West Bank, have been circulating widely online and were published in *Haaretz* and other media. A repeated theme of pro-Israeli, anti-Palestinian propaganda is to circulate images of*Palestinian* children taking part in such militarized displays in order to advance the belief that Palestinian culture is inher... more »

Minnesota Extremist John Kline: "Ted Cruz and I and every Republican"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
John Kline is a right-wing extremist from southeast Minnesota. His district, MN-02, stretches from south of St. Paul through Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley, and Northfield all the way down to Wabasha and the Zumbro Bottoms State Forest. Although the PVI is still classified R+2, Obama took the district in both 2008 and 2012. Kline is the chairman of the House Workforce and Education Committee, where he has been able to do a great deal of damage to working families. Although the DCCC has given him a free pass to reelection, Kline was the model for the Blue America Have You Had Eno... more »

Police State Updates - May 10 , 2014 ----- In a new policy directive from the Obama administrative, national security and other government officials will no longer be allowed to publicly discuss or even reference news reporting that is based on "unauthorized leaks." ......... The Justice Department is seeking a change in criminal rules that would make it easier for the FBI to obtain warrants to hack into suspects’ computers for evidence when the computer’s physical location is unknown — a problem that officials say is increasing as more and more crime is conducted online with tools to conceal identity ...... A bill to end the government’s bulk collection of telephone records got a unanimous go-ahead on Thursday from a second U.S. congressional committee, but the measure, according to some sources, could actually enhance U.S. surveillance capabilities ...... Is the government really more worried about Yellowstone exploding then they are letting on ? If not , what about the alleged deal floating out there concerning a " Day After Tomorrow scenarion " involving Australia and Brazil ) note South Africe allegedly turned down a US offer to facilitate US citizens exodus and shelter !!!!

Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Published on Friday, May 9, 2014 by Common Dreams Obama Directive Makes Mere Citing of Snowden Leaks Offense Once promising the most transparent administration in history, White House reins in free speech of employees - Jon Queally, staff writer Directive from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) makes mention of news reporting referencing unauthorized informatin, like that leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, a punishable offense. (Image credit: Laura Poitras)In a new policy directive from the Obama administrative, national security and other governmen... more »

Syria: Homs' Christians hold mass in damaged historic church

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago
Video Title: Syria: Homs' Christians hold mass in damaged historic church. Source: RuptlyTV. Date Published: May 12, 2014.

Musical Interlude: Yanni et al, “Magical Concluding Performance”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
Yanni et al, “Magical Concluding Performance” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbBAlUnNKjM

Cunliffe: A Future Reality-Show PM?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
[image: View this content on 3 News Headlines's website] After last night’s half-hour broadcast in what was once considered a “news hour,” you can now see why David Cunliffe had resisted even the agreeable John Campbell’s invitation to visit him in his home: because his wife is a bigger star than he is. At least, that’s what you’d think if you believed all the feedback on Twitter. The word you’re looking for is “gushing” … [image: image] [image: image] [image: image] [image: image] [image: image] [image: image] [image: image] Mind you, Campbell was *very *agreeable, wasn’t ... more »

Newest Member of the State Bar

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 20 hours ago
This morning, Kory was sworn in as a member of the State Bar by Judge Connie Kelley in Wayne County Circuit Court. It was a super nice ceremony and Judge Kelley made it really personable. I loved it. Ron was able to come to take pictures, Jennifer made it, and Angie got done with her hearing just in time to make it. We are ran into a few other attorney friends while down there. Here are some pics from the event: Congrats Kory!

Four Articles On Assad's Defining Victory In Homs [The Poisoned Fruits of Western Humanitarianism And Islamic Jihad)

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 hours ago
*Homs, city of ruins. This destroyed city is the fruit of Western "humanitarian" intervention and Islamic "Jihad." West: stop your "humanitarianism." Islam: stop your "Jihad." Good intentions almost always lead to bad results. The people of Syria did not ask for either humanitarianism or Jihad. In Homs these two dangerous philosophical, political, and religious forces have produced destruction, strife, and hatred. It's up to the people of the area now to rebuild their society and set an example for the rest of Syria.* An excerpt from, *"Thousands of Syrians enter Homs after rebels ... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"To the eye, this cosmic composition nicely balances the Bubble Nebula at the lower right with open star cluster M52. The pair would be lopsided on other scales, though. Embedded in a complex of interstellar dust and gas and blown by the winds from a single, massive O-type star, the Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is a mere 10 light-years wide. On the other hand, M52 is a rich open cluster of around a thousand stars. *Click image for larger size.* The cluster is about 25 light-years across. Seen toward the northern boundary of Cassiopeia, distance estimates for the Bubble Neb... more »

"On A Rock..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"We are all hurling through space on a rock and we're all going to die. You would think we would be holding hands and singing." - John Bradshaw

"The Dream..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
“Maybe we accept the dream has become a nightmare. We tell ourselves that reality is better. We convince ourselves it’s better that we never dream at all. But, the strongest of us, the most determined of us, holds on to the dream or we find ourselves faced with a fresh dream we never considered. We wake to find ourselves, against all odds, feeling hopeful. And, if we’re lucky, we realize in the face of everything, in the face of life the true dream is being able to dream at all.” - "Dr. Meredith Grey," "Grey's Anatomy"

Paulo Coelho, “Closing Cycles”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*“Closing Cycles”* by Paulo Coelho [Several times I've received via Internet some texts attributed to me, which I did not write, as the text below. I made several changes and decided to post it here. - Paulo Coelho] "One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters – whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished. Did you lose your job? Has... more »

Japan's latest travesty and miscarriage of justice - May 12 , 2014 -- After Fukushima police and prosectors declined to investigate and / or charge Tepco for criminal negligence related to the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster , note the the same prosectors and police are preparing to put the hammer to a japanese housewife for a tweet ( critical of a nuclear lobbyist ) ! Takeaway --- Fukushima police and prosecutors are currently investigating Takenouchi for criminal contempt; if found guilty, she could face a month in jail. Prosecutors confirmed they will be flying to Okinawa, where Takenouchi lives, to question her on May 13. Police have already traveled from Fukushima to Okinawa to interrogate her — an unusual occurrence .......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
https://news.vice.com/article/how-a-single-tweet-may-land-a-japanese-nuclear-activist-in-jail How a Single Tweet Could Land a Japanese Nuclear Activist in Jail - Share - Tweet - - - - - By Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky May 11, 2014 | 3:15 pm In 2012, more than 15,000 people living near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant filed a criminal complaint at the Fukushima prosecutors’ office. They alleged that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Japanese central government were criminally negligent for the March 2011 Fukushima meltdown... more »

Ukraine Updates May 10 , 2014 - One day before the Referenda in Donetsk and Lugansk , South Eastern Ukraine still roiled by the Kiev Counter Terror Campaign -- Friday's violence in Mariupol continues on Saturday , Slavyansk sees Kiev forces fore mortar shells at protesters ........... .... Kiev government busy building dam in an attempt to cut off Crimea's water supply.... US State Department blames protesters for being shot by Kiev fighters , demands protesters accept Junta - disarm and abandon Referenda ......Donetsk protesters respectfully decline that offer even as Kiev demands protesters accept being shot at , killed and wounded by Junta fighters.....

Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-10/donetsk-region-may-shift-rubles-after-17-million-vote-referendum Donetsk Region May Shift To Rubles After 1.7 Million Vote In Referendum [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/10/2014 12:15 -0400 - Ukraine - Vladimir Putin inShare2 Despite denouncements from the West (how did that work out in Crimea?) and diplomatic calls for postponement from Putin, tomorrow appears to be setting up for the next crucial catalyst in the ever-escalating civil (and not so civil) war in Ukraine. As RIA reports, Referendum*o... more »

#BringBackOurGirls- Doing Nothing as ‘Activism’

Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago
I really don’t want to write this post. I hate being a feminist or critical killjoy- especially when it comes to issues that seem to unite, motivate, and inspire large groups of people. We all need to feel inspired- like we are doing something good for the world. On Sunday I saw a small group Continue reading

"This I Believe..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
“This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.” - John Steinbeck

"How Are Things Going, Joe?

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
“You go up to a man, and you say, "How are things going, Joe?" and he says, "Oh fine, fine — couldn't be better." And you look into his eyes, and you see things really couldn't be much worse. When you get right down to it, everybody's having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everybody. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much.” - Kurt Vonnegut

Chet Raymo,"Six Things"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"Six Things"* by Chet Raymo "My mother was part of the last generation of Americans who were welded into a national cohesiveness by the classroom memorization of poems by English language poets - Longfellow, Whittier, Riley, Lowell, Field, and all the rest. All her life, lines of verse were on her lips... "All at once, and nothing first, Just as bubbles do when they burst." Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The One Hoss Shay" "Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose." Longfellow, "The Village Black... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. Thanks for stopping by.

"Huxley vs. Orwell"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"Huxley vs. Orwell"* by Neil Postman “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one... Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism... Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance... Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivi... more »

Free Download: George Orwell, "1984"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
"From the moment when the machine first made its appearance it was clear to all thinking people that the need for human drudgery, and therefore to a great extent for human inequality, had disappeared. If the machine were used deliberately for that end, hunger, overwork, dirt, illiteracy and disease could be eliminated within a few generations. But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction - indeed, in some sense was the destruction - of a hierarchical society. The most obvious and perhaps the most important form of inequality would already ha... more »

Money, Money, Money

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
Which came first: governments or money? The answer, of course, is money. Money appeared before governments did. Money doesn’t need government to survive, but governments sure as hell need money. Which is why governments, as soon as they could, took it upon themselves to create both money, and the fiction that money must be a creation of government. But money appeared before governments did, in the form of precious metals. Why did both silver and gold become money? The answer, as Keith Weinerexplains, goes back to the reason we use money in the first place: Money solves a proble... more »

Killer Robot Linkage

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 21 hours ago
I am in Geneva this week to participate in the Convention on Conventional Weapons’ Experts’ Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems. There, I’ll present survey data I collected on US public sentiment around autonomous weapons, joining global civil society in reminding world governments of the Marten’s Clause in the preamble to the Hague Convention. This Continue reading

Bob Feldman : People’s History of Egypt, Part 24, January-February 11, 2011

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 21 hours ago
In early February 2011, massive street protests opposed Mubarak and called for democratization and economic justice. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | May 12, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" … finish reading Bob Feldman : People’s History of Egypt, Part 24, January-February 11, 2011

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"I wanted to hear her talk with confidence . . . not in the self-pitying voice [of her] old age -- an abandoned mother" (Andrew Lam)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*On HuffPost, where Andrew Lam also posts, this photo (unidentified on both New America Media and Nation of Change postings, is captioned: "Lunch at my uncle's home in Saigon in 1972. I'm in my mother's arms."* *by Ken* Believe me, I'm not angling for the *DWT* dementia beat, but it beats writing about such self-created mental dysfunctionals as Rafael "Ted from Alberta" Cruz (and his worse-than-McCarthy list of Obama "crimes" -- see Dana Milbank's masterful "Ted Cruz, the reckless accuser"); or that "noisome arrogant little man" George Will, ridiculing the First Lady's public voic... more »

QUOTE OF THE DAY: On opinions…

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
*"The opinions of ten thousand men are of no value if none of them know anything about the subject." *-- attributed to Marcus Aurelius [hat tip Lawrence Reed] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

GAIA PORTAL: Gaia grid cleansing proceeds with fullest possible velocity at this moment

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
Gaia grid cleansing proceeds with fullest possible velocity at this moment by ÉirePort Gaia grid cleansing proceeds with fullest possible velocity at this moment. Iridescent blue fires cleanse and activate all dormant portal locations. Independent Gaia Being shines with unprecedented Brilliance as Hue-manity collective coordinates with Soul-ar Essence. Surfers of Higher Dimensional Cosmic Waves inspire and collect increasingly more conscious humanity individuals. Full release of all inner entrapmens nears completion. Celebration at all levels is in progress. ÉirePort | May 11, 2... more »

Spain's startling news - May 12 , 2014 -- Popular Party politician shot dead in broad daylight in León Head of Provincial Council, Isabel Carrasco, was gunned down on the street on Monday afternoon A female suspect has been detained by police, along with her daughter ........ Government to create database for monitoring all Spanish bank accounts Measure aimed at combating money laundering and terrorism funding But experts fear new system could be used as a political weapon ....... Protestor lost eye as result of police rubber bullet, Barcelona court rules Catalan government had blamed violent rioters for incident during 2012 general strike Victim Ester Quintana wants to see officials step down over her case

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
El Pais.... FATAL SHOOTING Popular Party politician shot dead in broad daylight in León Head of Provincial Council, Isabel Carrasco, was gunned down on the street on Monday afternoonA female suspect has been detained by police, along with her daughter FRANCESCO MANETTO Valladolid 12 MAY 2014 - 20:39 CET1 Police and paramedics next to Carrasco’s body in León. / ICAL Recomendar en Facebook56 Twittear45 Enviar a LinkedIn0 Enviar a TuentiEnviar a MenéameEnviar a Eskup EnviarImprimirGuardar Isabel Carrasco, a Popular Party politician who headed up the Provincial Council in León, was shot ... more »

Bitcoin news - May 9 , 2014 -- World’s Largest Bank ICBC is Latest to Block Bitcoin in China ........ Mt. Gox Revival Plan Granted Preliminary Nod of Approval ........ US Federal Election Commission Votes Unanimously To Allow Bitcoin Donations For Political Action Committees ....... Bitcoin Transaction Volume has Dropped to its Lowest Since 2011 – And it is a Positive Sign

Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Coin Desk..... Saxo CEO: Bitcoin’s Liquidity Problems Are Driving Banks Away Stan Higgins | Published on May 9, 2014 at 21:02 BST | *Companies, Investors, News* inShare10 Share 21 [image: Lars Seier Christensen, Saxo Bank CEO] Saxo Bank co-founder and CEO Lars Seier Christensen says that bitcoin’s liquidity problems are keeping banks out of the market for now. However, he said that banks are looking into bitcoin and could become involved in the future. In an interview with *FXWeek*, Christensen commented that banks are unwilling to get involved in bitcoin markets because the current d... more »

The inflation-mongers are still stalking us

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 23 hours ago
People of a certain age still remember an age in which the word “inflation” has got nothing to do with money. But inflation, which we’d never heard about before, was all of a sudden all around us. A friend recounts the story of returning to Te Kuiti after a year away doing his OE, including a visit to the 1976 Montreal Olympics, to discover prices at the Te Kuiti pie cart had rocketed in his absence. Prices that had never changed in years. He and his friends were mystified when they were told this was “inflation.” Inflation had come to New Zealand, and has been hitting us hard e... more »

Neocons Squeal Like Stuck Pigs Over Ukraine Referendum

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 23 hours ago
You had to know that the neocons weren't going to go down easy after Sunday's overwhelming vote by anti-fascist, US-EU-NATO enforced austerity opponents in East Ukraine to reject the illegitimately installed puppet regime in Kiev. It is the utmost of irony in that the regime changers whose presence within the US corridors of power have eaten away at the foundations of American democracy like a colony of Formosan termites actually managed to bring "democracy" to Ukraine but in typical William Kristol style keening outrage are apoplectic that their will was rejected by the actual pe... more »

HILARION - May 11, 2014

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago
HILARION'S WEEKLY MESSAGE Marlene Swetlishoff ~ May 11-18, 2014 Beloved Ones, For many of you these are difficult times. Your physical bodies keep going through recalibrations and transformations and the symptoms experienced are oftentimes not pleasant. There are many feelings of deep sadness that come out of nowhere and it can put you into a depressed state. It is important should this occur, to put a determined effort into changing that perspective. Do something that makes you feel good, something that makes you laugh. Get outdoors and dig in your garden, feel a connection with... more »

Video: Black Mesa resident denied access at Peabody coal shareholder meeting

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
. Peabody Shareholder Meeting Rally: Marshall Johnson, Black Mesa Resident and Tonizhoni Ani member from Students Against Peabody on Vimeo. May 8th, 2014 at Peabody’s annual shareholder meeting, Marshall Johnson, Black Mesa Resident and Tonizhoni Ani member, was denied the space to voice his concerns about Peabody’s exploitation of the Navajo Sandstone Aquifer. This is his response to

From Fat Peng to Fatboy Kim

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Breaking news...breaking news....Lord Patten's replacement arrives at Broadcasting House...breaking news....Lord Patten's replacement arrives at Broadcasting House...breaking news...

British “researchers” promoting envy in NZ [updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*“The time has surely come when we should stop behaving as though the envious man were the main criterion for economic and social policy.” *– Helmut Schoeck, *Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour.* Two British “health researchers” will be coming to New Zealand soon to whip up more hysteria about inequality because, they argue, NZers are insufficiently angry about this alleged “social evil.” Professors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, whose book *The Spirit Level*was subtitled "Why more equal societies almost always do better", will present this year's Sir Douglas Robb Lectures ... more »

“Orwell’s Nightmare: The NSA and Google—Big Brother Meets Big Business”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Orwell’s Nightmare: * *The NSA and Google—Big Brother Meets Big Business”* By John W. Whitehead “The Google services and apps that we interact with on a daily basis aren’t the company’s main product: They are the harvesting machines that dig up and process the stuff that Google really sells: for-profit intelligence.”—Journalist Yasha Levine “We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about.”—former Google CEO Eric Schmidt “What would happen if the most powerful technology company in the world and the largest clandestine spying ... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

Will Rogers, "Politics And Government..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Politics is the best show in America. I love animals and I love politicians, and I like to watch both of 'em at play, either back home in their native state, or after they've been captured and sent to a zoo, or to Washington.” "Congress is so strange; a man gets up to speak and says nothing, nobody listens, and then everybody disagrees." "Our president delivered his State of the Union message to Congress. That is one of the things his contract calls for - to tell congress the condition of the country. This message, as I say, is to Congress. The rest of the people know the conditio... more »

“Third World America - U.S. Suburbs Become Ghettos”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Third World America - U.S. Suburbs Become Ghettos”* By John Rubino “Not so long ago, a reasonably-presentable American could live an hour outside of a city and commute in for a government or banking job, thus getting the best of both worlds: city-level wages and a 3,000 square foot house with a big yard for the kids. But then municipal governments ran out of money and started laying off, while banks, traumatized by their 2009 near-death experience, cut back on mortgage and consumer lending and fired the related staff. The only other jobs available were in service industries like ... more »

Satire: “G.O.P. Rivals Question Rubio’s Ignorance Credentials”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“G.O.P. Rivals Question Rubio’s Ignorance Credentials”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “After claiming on Sunday that human activity does not cause climate change, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) suddenly found his ignorance credentials under attack by potential rivals for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination. “Now that Marco’s thinking of running for President, he doesn’t believe in climate change,” said Texas Governor Rick Perry. “To those of us with long track records of ignorance on this issue, he seems a little late to the rodeo.” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ke... more »

The Nigerian "Abducted Schoolgirl" Crisis Is A FRAUD: The Truth About "Boko Haram" - US AFRICOM's Latest False Flag Franchise!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I stated it before and I will state it again.... The abduction of "300" Nigerian schoolgirls is a LIE... That fact was stated in my last article about this fraud crisis and was definitely shown by the Australian.com article presented in my previous report. The fact is that yes, there was supposedly an "abduction" of some students, but they were all released some 3 weeks ago! Therefore the present "crisis" is a lie and it points to the US wanting to intervene in Nigeria not to free the girls that are already free, but to seize Nigeria's assets! If someone has another reason for t... more »

I Know Joe Biden. Joe Biden Is No Elizabeth Warren

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Only one of these Democrats could ever be a credible populist alternative to Hillary The headlines over the weekend about Biden's fundraiser in Columbia, South Carolina was about him taking a shot at "The Clintons." In recent months, the vice president has focused on revving up liberals on issues of income inequality, as he prepares for a possible run against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, though many Democrats don't think he'd run against her. Biden did not mention his own presidential ambitions Friday, but multiple sources described his speech as "populist" and high-en... more »

Tranny Annie Gets Body Slammied

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago
Recently, Ann Coulter tried hijacking the #Bringbackourgirls Twitter hashtag with the above photo and it apparently blew up in her equine face, according to TPM Muckraker. So, never let it be said your porcine powerhouse will pass up an opportunity to use his Paint program for a good cause.

The Economy: “True Confessions of a Newsletter Guy...”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“True Confessions of a Newsletter Guy...”* by Bill Bonner “When we turned the lights off on Friday, the Dow was hitting a new high. But US small caps and the tech-heavy Nasdaq are not faring so well. We gave you a rare recommendation on Friday: Buy Russian gas giant Gazprom OAO (PINK:OGZPY). Who knows? But with a trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio of 2.7, it looked like a Mother's Day gift to us. By contrast, the US Internet sector appears to be a kiss of doom – the kind of smooch that would make your face itch. Last time we looked, Amazon.com – the "river of no returns" – wa... more »

JFK50: Lemnitzer Did It

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
In marking the recent passing of our brother and friend John Judge, we lost the last of the first generation of researchers who didn't say "The CIA did it"; John Judge ALWAYS said, and always maintained, with the goods to back it up, "The Joint Chiefs of Staff did it", and he was, and is, absolutely right... CIA ran the cover-up; the evidence everyone THINKS is there directly implicating CIA in the actual really **isn't** there, when you really look at it objectively; but the ONI is all over Oswald and his associates like a rash. Prior to 1967, no-one had even thought to blame ... more »

In America today goon thug cops taser, pepper spray, and call for a backup SWAT team to beat innocent persons senseless ...or even murder the person. "The right of cops to beat and murder the citizens who pay their salaries is now a perk of the job." -- Paul Craig Roberts

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
------------------------------ *Call the Cops at Your Peril — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ May 8, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Call the Cops at Your Peril Paul Craig Roberts “Live free or die” is the motto of the state of New Hampshire. I hope the residents are prepared to die, because living free is not what they do. NH is merely a cog within the Amerikan Stasi State, but I am referring to what goes on within NH itself, not the police state existence imposed by ... more »

Careful wording

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Here's how BBC international development correspondent Mark Doyle *could* (and in my view *should*) have reported the news this morning on Radio 4's *Today *programme: "Nigeria would be pleased to have Israel’s globally acknowledged anti-terrorism expertise deployed to support its ongoing operations,” Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he accepted Israel's offer of assistance in helping to track down and rescue the more than 200 school girls kidnapped by the Muslim terrorist organisation Boko Haram last month. Mr Netanyahu expre... more »

Syria Calling - The Obama Administration’s chance to engage in a Middle East peace - by Seymour M. Hersh APRIL 6, 2009

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY SYRIA CALLING : The Obama Administration’s chance to engage in a Middle East peace. by Seymour M. Hersh APRIL 6, 2009 When the Israelis’ controversial twenty-two-day military campaign in Gaza ended, on January 18th, it also seemed to end the promising peace talks between Israel and Syria. The two countries had been engaged for almost a year in negotiations through intermediaries in Istanbul. Many complicated technical matters had been resolved, and there were agreements in principle on the normalization of diplomatic relations. The consensus, as an amb... more »

5 Ways to Treat Ear Infections at Home and a Colloidal Silver Giveaway

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
There is nothing more frustrating as a parent than to have your child wake up screaming in the middle of the night with ear pain. Since the pressure in the ear builds up more when your child is laying down, often times the middle of the night is the first indication that you have that there is an ear infection. I hate the helpless feeling I have when my child is screaming at 3 AM and I don't know what to do for her. After a lot of research and some trial, these are the things I have found that I can do at home to treat an ear infection. 1. Garlic Mullein Oil. Just a few drops in th... more »

Did you hear the one about some wild and crazy students at Harvard having a Satanic black mass?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*or are you still recovering from the Sam the Ram homo-kiss?* The event hosted by the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club will feature a performance by *The Satanic Temple*. According to their website, the religious organization's mission is “to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people.” source Check out this excerpt from the latest statement from Harvard (they seem to be offering up statements like popcorn at the movies.) Emphasis mine. We do not agree with the student group’s decision to stage an event that is so deeply disturbing and offensive to many in the Harvard... more »

The nature of the American discourse!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014* *Paul Krugman, Benghazi and you:* Right as increasingly heavy rain, Paul Krugman closes today’s column like this: KRUGMAN (5/12/14): *[T]he coming firestorm over new power-plant regulations won’t be a genuine debate—just as there isn’t a genuine debate about climate science.* Instead, the airwaves will be filled with conspiracy theories and wild claims about costs, all of which should be ignored. Climate policy may finally be getting somewhere; let’s not let crazy climate economics get in the way. It’s very hard to doubt the highlighted statement. In fact, ... more »

Rand Paul Makes The Case For Liberals And Libertarians Opposing Extra-Judicial Killings Of Americans

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
As James Franco said, "It's what the people want." On Saturday Jodie Evans, a cofounder of CodePink: Women for Peace, went to David Barron’s house and gave him this letter. She asked if he really believed it was ok to order the death of a US citizen without due process. He slammed the door on her. Does that mean he does believe it so didn’t want to answer her question? Jodie didn't figure in Tim Phelps' *L.A. Times*story this morning, Liberal Groups Urge Senate To Block Obama Judicial Nominees or Rand Paul's *NY Times* OpEd that supports the same position. Phelps wrote that "prominen... more »

Davis City Council candidates Q&A

Rich Rifkin at Lexicon Daily - 1 day ago
Two questions for the 2014 Davis City Council candidates: *1. The City’s hourly (or unit) labor costs have been growing faster than the City’s revenues have been growing for many years. Do you believe that is sustainable?* *2. If you think the growing unit cost of labor is unsustainable, what reforms, if any, to the City’s labor contracts would you suggest the next City Council pursue to make these costs sustainable?* __________________ Daniel Parrella: 1. No, whenever you have costs increasing faster than revenues that is inherently unsustainable. The growing employer's ... more »

the naked truth

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago
Q. Oliver

May 12: Time for a change of focus?:

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 1 day ago
There's nothing much in the TandT today. But, then, there never is. And what's there is not very useful. But one can say that only so many times. That's why, some months ago, I began writing about the news as much as about it's quality in the Irving press. It may be time to add a new element - how we think about the news - because we, all of us, have peculiarities and inconsistencies in how we think. For example, 200 school girls were kidnapped in Nigeria. Now, there's lots of talk of sending in troops to save them. Our side killed hundreds of thousands of school girls in Vietnam, ... more »

Antisemitism on Twitter - It's @_fuck_israel_ again

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
I've blogged about @_fuck_israel_ before and the anti-Semitic views that he freely espouses. He stepped over a line last week, here's some examples. First some general anti-Semitic insults: Secondly some general threats aimed at all Jews: Thirdly a direct threat aimed at @Adelirose Finally a direct threat aimed at me If you notice @_fuck_israel_ has abandoned any pretence of not being anti-Semitic and has changed his Twitter handle to fuck-jews. Why does Twitter allow such blatant anti-Semitism and threats against Jewish users of Twitter to be made?

The Need For a Boring Revolution

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
To save civilization, achieve ecological sanity and balance, drastically reduce the possibility of war, and eliminate social inequality, we need a revolution. The capitalist status-quo is leading us to disaster. Again, we need a revolution and nothing less than a revolution. But what about "the sheeple"? Happily piling into the cars to drive out to the multi-plex for the latest Hollywood blockbuster of mindlessness? Blithely slumbering in their hammocks while their mutual funds invest in pharmaceutical companies ripping-off millions and mining firms engaging in ecocide and murder?... more »

Mike's Story Part 19 - Suspicion

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 1 day ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* *Several colleagues in Ashland had become increasingly annoyed by the latest developments at FTW. They felt that writing the Burning Bridge article was in itself an act of burning the bridge home; if Mike came back, particularly so soon, FTW's credibility would be trashed.* *Now that he'd relinquished his role as CEO, Mike could best serve the website, they maintained, by acting as its Latin American correspondent.* * Among their complaints was the appearance of alleged "compelling evidence" that Mike himself had been the one to wield the sledgehammer on the... more »

so sad

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

Reporting Bethlehem and the BBC

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The BBC love a good Bethlehem story, anything involving Israel and restrictions on the travel of Palestinians from Bethlehem rates a headline. Around Christmas the BBC wouldn't be the same without a story about the Christians in Bethlehem suffering some imaginary deprivation at the hands of the Israelis. However when it's Palestinian Muslims attacking a Christian church the BBC is oddly silent. A Bethlehem Greek Orthodox Church (St. George’s Church – Khadar – near Beit Jala) was attacked by Muslims during its annual St. George’s Day services on May 6. … Some local Muslims either tri... more »

Kumpulan Foto Mobil Honda Accord Jadul Jadi Keren

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 1 day ago
Kumpulan Foto Mobil Honda Accord Jadul Jadi Keren - Honda accord merupakan salah eka mobil produksi honda yang sampai saat ini masih banyak difungsikan orang, sampai masih melimpahnya umat yang mencari mobil keluaran honda ini. Mobil yang dibuat berkisar tahun 90an ini memang memiliki harga yang dikatakan cukup murah yaitu seharga 17 juta hingga 25 juta, yang menjadikan mobil honda itu

Beberapa Pemeriksaan Kesehatan Wajib Sebelum Hamil

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 1 day ago
Beberapa Pemeriksaan Kesehatan Wajib Sebelum Hamil | pemeriksaan kesehatan lebih baik dilakukan 6 bulan sebeum terjadinya pembuahan/kehamilan, oleh karena itu apabila anda berencana unutk dapat langsung hamil setelah menikah maka anda perlu memeriksa kesehatan anda sebelum pernikahan berlangsung,  pemeriksaan kesehatan sangat penting dilakukan untuk memeriksa kesehatan calon ibu dan juga ayah

Solving Tuscaloosa: We’ll be here all week!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014* *But what are we trying to solve:* All week long, we’ll be trying to solve Tuscaloosa. We refer to the problems in the Tuscaloosa City schools, problems explored by Nikole Hannah-Jones in a 10,000-word report for ProPublica. Hannah-Jones’ fascinating report appears in The Atlantic. All week long, we’ll be trying to solve the problems she uncovered. This is our second week on this topic. For last Friday’s post, just click here. All week long, we’ll be trying to solve Tuscaloosa. That said: Before we can solve Tuscaloosa, we have to define what its problems ... more »

Physics Overflow is live

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
*Off-topic, breaking news:* Jester believes that there are rumors suggesting that Planck refutes BICEP2 and many experimenters, including those in the BICEP Collaboration, are admitting that the B-modes came from the dust. Clement Pryke of BICEP refutes Adam's rumors about the planned retraction in the Science Magazine while he admits that they don't quite know the right interpretation of a key Planck map. I won't say what I guess about these claims. Some of you may know Physics Stack Exchange where people may ask and answer physics-related questions. But you may often have the fe... more »

QEG: Official update from Jamie- May 10th

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
This is the latest update from Jamie about the QEG in Aouchtam Morocco. .... People need to remember that this is a product in DEVELOPMENT. All of this was made very clear during the open sourcing and the lead up to all the information being opened to the public. ....... I would also like to add a note that so far that I've seen, out of the over 600 people that donated money to develop the QEG, no one has demanded their money back. All the people trying to throw rotting fruit at Hope and Val and Jamie over the "donations" and the money questions aren't even the ones that donated m... more »

Monday Monday

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

WHERE DID PRIVILEGE COME FROM: Three letters!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, MAY 12, 2014* *Part 1—Readers grope pachyderm:* All of a sudden, “privilege” is extremely hot. Example: In this morning’s New York Times, three letters discuss the paper’s May 3 news report about Princeton freshman Tal Fortgang, who wrote a murky piece in a campus mag concerning the subject. Fortgang’s famous piece was murky enough on its own. This morning’s letters recall the three blind men who famously groped the elephant. Famously, the three men emerged with completely different ideas about what sort of critter was being groped. This morning’s letters seem to be dis... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Execution problems spring up in Louisiana ~Michelle Mollhollon, The Advocate* *Grant would fund study of rail service expansion * *Torres, Khodr partner to buy Board of Trade building ~Greg LaRose, N.O. City Business* *Remembering the World's Fair, 30 years late ~Bill Capo, WWLTV * *Tangier Island, VA is a step back in time, but with a very hazy future ~Ian C. Bates, Aljazzera* *Recipe: Breaux Bridge Crawfish Bisque with Cornbread Stuffed Shell ~Danielle Dietze, WWOZ*

Bonnie Watson Coleman-- A Fierce, Proven Independent Voice For New Jersey

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Bonnie with Alan Grayson As you probably know, Blue America has recently endorsed progressive state legislator Bonnie Watson Coleman to succeed Rush Holt in New Jersey’s 12th congressional district. We've joined with the PCCC, the Women’s Campaign Fund, PDA, progressive leaders like Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva, as well as New Jersey Democratic officials throughout the state because we all know we have a tenacious and proven fighter in Bonnie-- the kind of leader that Washington DC needs. After being urged to get to know her by Barbara Buono, I spent some time with Bonnie and her... more »

Important Video By Anthony Lawson: What Does It Mean To Be A Friend Of Israel?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I spent most of yesterday, Mother's Day, with my mother and of course with my "better half".... I have said many times that family does come first, and it does push this blog and my writings here to the sidelines.... I have some catching up to do on what has been happening around our world, and I figure I would get down to it..... I came across a very important video the other day that I wanted to share with my readers here... It is the latest work by a great writer and video producer, Anthony Lawson, and is entitled: "What Does It Mean To Be A Friend Of Israel?" and definitely take... more »

Some Links:

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*Nantou city, our nei di (*內地)*.* *Daily Links*: - *EXCELLENT*: Thinking Taiwan with a piece that relates to my post below, on cleavage that divides generations. - More bad economic news: FEPZ draft bills opens market to over 800 Chinese ag products. Stupid beyond belief. - SCMP: Taiwan's handling of murder case raises questions of cross-strait cooperation - For comparison: the poverty of South Korean elderly. They lived and worked in a period when Korea was poorer than Taiwan. - International boat show scores cash. - For every Terry Gou blithering abo... more »

Untitled

jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 1 day ago
*COMPANY BANS HOMESCHOOLED WORKERS* *'Discriminatory practice reflects a narrow-minded and statist view of education'* An Indiana-based company has decided not to hire any homeschool graduates, withdrawing a job offer from one candidate after discovering he was home educated, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association. That’s despite the fact that assessments and evaluations for homeschool students routinely run higher than for public-school students. HSLDA spokesman Michael Donnelly said NiSource, an energy-distribution company, informed HSLDA it would not hire homes... more »

Argentina: CE-3 Policeman Given Mandatory Retirement in La Pampa

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*SOURCE: Planeta UFO and Realidad OVNIDATE: 15 May 2013* *Argentina: CE-3 Policeman Given Mandatory Retirement in La Pampa* The case involves Luis Sergio Pucheta, a law enforcement officer who was allegedly pursued by two extraterrestrials. He was found 20 kilometers away from the place he disappeared from. The police officer who insisted back in 2006 that “red-eyed beings” had chased him and given him commands, has entered mandatory retirement. Since that time, he was deeply traumatized and was never able to return to work. He has now been given retirement. According to Resolut... more »

Darrell Hamamoto- Weaponized Political Correctness and more

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
You may think this interview controversial? Or not? If you do that is very good! It should give some food for thought. I know it did for myself. I listened 3 times, so I could fully understand this man's views and conclusions- Though he still seems to be processing his own discoveries. Again, the subject of technology and it's use is broached. And the weaponized political correctness.... brought to mind the bashing of Russia, around the time of the Olympics, with the big rainbow club! Thanks to Henrick @ Red Ice Creations for conducting this excellent interview- wish I could hear t... more »

My Readers Change The World! ObamaCare COBRA Gap Fixed

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 1 day ago
I wrote a few weeks ago about The Little-Known ObamaCare COBRA Catch-22. I thought this issue was so important that I asked AOL Jobs readers for help. I asked you to sign a petition I started to alert the President to this issue. I asked you to tell the President to close the gap. And you came through. Not only did you sign the petition, but some of you took action to help. Members of the National Employment Lawyers association contacted the Department of Labor to ask for a fix. Forbes found out about this issue and wrote a piece about it. And it worked. Read my article at AOL Jobs... more »

Smart phones, stupid people and anti-social media

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
Often I mention technology. The use and abuse of it. Our enslavement to it. The way it dominates our lives. I do think technology has a place, obviously. But, we must be mindful of the role it plays in our lives and what effects it has on us.Yes, I use the blog as a social medium. But, I do not live my life around it. Social media is used here at the blog, to challenge the perceptions presented to us by those we allow to lead us. I also notice how social media is used to manipulate so many unwitting people- particularly the 25 and under crowd, so that the powers that shouldn't be ca... more »

Things To Come

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
The Ontario election is a preview of coming attractions. Tim Harper writes: It may appear Stephen Harper is being dragged into the Ontario election campaign by responding to goading by Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne. But Harper was on full combat footing when it came to Wynne’s made-in-Ontario pension plan even before NDP Leader Andrea Horwath forced this campaign on provincial voters. It is an issue on which Harper had to engage. And one on which he is all too eager to engage. The cornerstone of Harper's philosophy is you're on your own. He believes that it should be Canadians i... more »

Cattle Mutilations: Strange find in General Acha Gives Rise to Mystery (Argentina)

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*Source: Planeta UFO, TN Noticias and La Gente (photo credit: TN Noticias)Date: 11 May 2014* *Cattle Mutilations: Strange find in General Acha Gives Rise to Mystery (Argentina)* **** Dead animal found on farm, missing tongue and part of jaw **** The images are very strange and no veterinary surgeon has voiced an opinion as of yet, but concern among residents of General Acha manifested itself a posting to the citizen journalism portal of TN.com.ar. Photographs published in *TN y la Gente* show a dead bovine with unexplained injuries. Descriptions explain that the animal is missin... more »

Idiocracy Lives as Media Lies Americans Into More War

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
It is a sign of these sick and bizarre times in which the Obama regime and the state-corporate media continue to peddle their lies that according to a poll conducted by political scientists that "The less Americans know about Ukraine’s location, the more they want U.S. to intervene" - you just can't make stuff like this up. CNN, the missing airplane network seemed to bear this out when during coverage of the East Ukraine referendum on Sunday one of their fancy graphic maps erroneously showed the location of Ukraine in Pakistan. Such a silly blunder would normally result in ridicul... more »

Ukraine Updates - Referendum results in both Donetsk and Lugansk show landslide support for self - determination - do we next see moves by both Regions for annexation to Russia ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Itar Tass 14:41 World 49 people killed in east Ukraine’s Donetsk region from start of standoff 14:36 World Geneva principles should be put into practice - Russia's Foreign Ministry 14:25 World Ukraine crisis to be resolved ‘on basis of law and order’ - Chinese FM 13:14 World Ukraine situation posing possible threat to global economy, IMF head says WorldMoscow respects will expressed by population of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine Kremlin also denounced the use of force “including the use of heavy armament against civilians, which lead to casualties” http://rt.co... more »

China’s Cruise Missiles: Flying Fast Under the Public’s Radar

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Houbei class fast attack craft firing YJ-83 anti ship missile]The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) numerous, increasingly advanced cruise missiles have attracted far less attention than its ballistic missiles—yet their impact on regional security, deterrence, and potential military operations may be similar in magnitude. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has limited itself severely in both the type and quantity of its own anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs). It is therefore simply amazing that such a formidable set of weapons has generated so little open source analysis; indeed that... more »

Maybe we could have an @OntarioPCParty online butthurt form, just to save time | #onpoli

Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day ago
Well, I guess when you're reduced to using whiny 21-year-olds for staff, this is what you get. Not only lashing out at others for their own fuckups, but doubling down on the stupidity and ignorance. I know, easy targets, but hey, if they're going to leave the evidence there for anyone to come along and use ... Teabagger Timmy's been having a rough week, evidently. Getting called out on his bad math was just for starters. Then this. For those who don't remember the Harris horror show, a reminder. Walkerton. Ipperwash. Dudley George. War on organized labour. Kicking social-assis... more »

Songs to ban from the BBC? - NSFW - Warning songs include the 'n' word, quite a lot in some cases

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The BBC have just let a rather elderly local radio DJ go for having the temerity to play 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On' a song that includes the (as it is now almost compulsory to say) 'n' word. This comes soon after they censured Jeremy Clarkson for maybe or maybe not muttering that same word under his breath during a recital of 'Eenie Meenie, Minee Mo'. However I note that at the BBC not all their output is as regularly policed for the 'n' word. There are numerous repetitions of the 'n' word in Pulp Fiction which I think the BBC has broadcast but also in many songs, some of which I ... more »

Taurus Systems to open Seoul office this week

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: F-15 Eagle Taurus launch]Taurus Systems said Sunday that it will open an office in Seoul on Tuesday ― the company’s first outside Germany. The joint German-Swedish venture is the manufacturer of the Taurus KEPD 350 long-range cruise missile that will be loaded on the Korean Air Force's F-15Ks. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the nation's arms procurement agency, signed a deal to purchase the air-to-surface stand-off missiles in November. Read more

Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA by E.G Valliantos

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food. These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic substances dumped into the environment every day, not just in the US but around the world. They seep into our water supply, are carried thousands of miles by wind and rain from the site of application, remain potent long after they a... more »

Iran Leader: We Should Mass Produce More Missiles

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]Iran's Supreme Leader described as "stupid and idiotic" Western expectations for his country to curb its missile development, striking a defiant tone ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Iran's Revolutionary Guards to mass produce missiles and said the nuclear negotiations were not the place to discuss Tehran's defense program or to solve the problem of sanctions damaging the Iranian economy. "They expect us to limit our missile program while they constantly threaten Iran with military action,... more »

INS Vikramaditya awaits induction

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: INS Vikramaditya]Country's biggest warship, INS Vikramaditya, is still awaiting its formal induction into the Indian Navy after five months of its arrival into Indian waters. According to top government officials, impressed with its maritime capabilities, the outgoing prime minister, Manmohan Singh, had expressed his desire to spend a day on board the 44,500-tonne aircraft carrier procured from Russia. Sing along with the defence minister AK Antony was scheduled to dedicate the warship to the nation in the last week of March in a mega ceremony. Read more

(Chile Sends Deceptive Expert To Export Privatization But Monica Makes the Save) NeoLib/Con Social Security Lies Accrete and Accelerate (Samantha's Powers Exposed) A Quite Considerable Proportion of the Paying-Attention Public Adopts a Posture of Resistance in the Face of Official Narratives Suggesting an Important Passage in the Late-Afternoon Hours of America in its (Long) Phase of Imperial Pretension

Media propagandists are well recompensed by the Koch Brothers and their ilk. It's good for them that the Republicans won the last two elections, isn't it? Notice how the rapacious always know where to move to (and spread their newly-defined "red tide"). Especially after their own "revolutionary" movements fail at home. If you consider the forces of greedy, self-serving darkness arrayed

$8M Unmanned Research Submarine Goes 'Missing' in New Zealand Coast

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Nereur HROV]A remote-controlled research submarine that costs a whopping $8 million has gone missing off the coast of New Zealand. The Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Nereus was lost at 9,990 meters (6.2 miles) depth during its dive to the Kermadec Trench, according to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Situated 75 miles off the coast of New Zealand, the Kermadec Trench is the fifth-deepest trench in the world. Read more

Untitled

JR at GREENIE WATCH - 1 day ago
*An amusing piece of dogmatism from "Climate Science Watch"* *It defends the Obama "report" in even more extreme terms than the report itself. The editor of the site appears to be Rick Piltz, who is a journalist with no scientific qualifications -- so his naivety and the failure to mention a single scientific fact about the climate in the article he prints can perhaps be understood. Interesting that the actual author of the article is anonymous. Perhaps he too is a blithering ignoramus like Rick.The article makes large claims about what "the science" shows but the author has ... more »

NATO ponders Russia's future challenge

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: E-3C Sentry]Russia’s ongoing confrontation with the West has ignited debate inside and outside the U.S.-led NATO alliance about what its responsibilities are, and how much of its time and effort should be spent to prepare for and if necessary counter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military ambitions. Ian Lesser, senior director for foreign and security policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, said NATO must remain mindful of other modern security challenges, including cyberterrorism, threats to energy supplies and armed Islamic extremism. But he predicte... more »

Glitch In Air Traffic Control System Caused By Computer Memory Shortage, U-2 Spy Plane

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
A common design problem in the U.S. air traffic control system made it possible for a U-2 spy plane to spark a computer glitch that recently grounded or delayed hundreds of Los Angeles area flights, according to an inside account and security experts. In theory, the same vulnerability could have been used by an attacker in a deliberate shut-down, the experts said, though two people familiar with the incident said it would be difficult to replicate the exact conditions. The error blanked out a broad swath of the southwestern United States, from the West Coast to western Arizona and... more »

Iran says it has built copy of captured American drone, will take it on test flight

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: RQ-170 UAS]Iran says it has “succeeded” in copying an American drone it captured in 2011 and will soon take the replicated aircraft on a test flight. State television in Iran broadcasted images Sunday apparently showing a replicated US RQ-170 Sentinel drone alongside the original one, according to the AFP. "Our engineers succeeded in breaking the drone's secrets and copying them,” an officer in the footage reportedly said. “It will soon take a test flight." Read more

I Can't Stop Watching This Frigate Pound Through Rough Seas

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate] There's something incredibly hypnotic about this Danish Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate bounding through some moderate waves. Up, and down. Up, and down. Splashy splash splash. "Splashy splash splash" is, I believe, the technical term for what is happening here. Read more

Whatever Israel does is always wrong

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Israelly Cool had an insightful post on this subject recently: We have to admit it, the other side is bloody clever. Look at this headline and byline from Reuters: *Israeli forces demolish West Bank mosque as peace talks deadline passes* BY ALI SAWAFTA KHIRBET AL-TAWEEL, West Bank Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:16am EDT Genius stuff. It’s not until paragraph six that we get some balance: The Israeli army said in a statement that eight structures, including a “mosque in use”, were demolished because they had been built illegally inside a dangerous live-fire military training zone. So lets get ... more »

Your Risk For Being Diagnosed With Cancer Is Increasing

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
[image: 10268514_563189823789693_4764928792526607470_n] Source: *Raw For Beauty*

Tablet Advan Vandroid T3B Harga dan Spesifikasi Terbaru 2014

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 1 day ago
Tablet Advan Vandroid T3B Harga dan Spesifikasi Terbaru 2014 - Rasakan pengalaman luar natural menggunakan Advan Vandroid T3B, dimana salah esa tablet advan ini mempunyai kinerja yang sangat luar biasa akan tetapi cuma dibandrol dengan harga yang murah. Tablet ini mungkin bisa menjadi pilihan yang benar bagi sampean yang mempunyai dana terbatas, maupun anda ingin memiliki sebuah tablet yang

The How To Know If You're Buying GMO Free Seeds List

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
[image: Foto: How do we know if the seeds we buy for our garden are GMO free? We check the Council for Responsible Genetics listing to make sure the seed company has taken the GMO free "Safe Seed Pledge". While the CRG does not require testing for cross contamination, some seed companies, like Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, do test for GMO contamination. Also be sure that you don't order "treated" seeds. Treated seeds are coated with fungicides or pesticides and should be avoided. What's your favorite seed company? We'd like to know! Tell us what you're planting in your garden t... more »
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